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Thursday 17/08/2017

After a violent weekend that included a white supremacist mowing down and killing a peaceful counter-protester in Charlottesville and Nazis marching on the University of Virginia with torches, US president Donald Trump asked the media, "What about the 'alt-left' that came charging at, as you say, the alt-right'? President Trump's equation of white supremacists and counter-protesters prompted an immediate backlash from people across the political spectrum, including within his own party.

Is there really an 'alt-left'?

Chris Dengate is speaking with Ben Schreckinger, a staff writer with Politico magazine.